The Immorality of Having Children
This paper defends the Famine Relief Argument against Having Children, which goes as follows: conceiving and raising a child costs hundreds of thousands of dollars; that money would be far better spent on famine relief; therefore, conceiving and raising children is immoral. It is named after Peter S...
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2014
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 567-582 |
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Peter Singer
B Happiness B Poverty B Parenthood B Procreation B Children |
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